Admittedly Dutch

Looking for cheap digital signage for your office or lobby?

Andrew — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:04:46 +0000

So were we, and now I’ve got a great, inexpensive solution to share. We’ve had a decent 720p HD monitor hanging on the wall in our office lobby for some time now: The problem is we were basically running a PowerPoint (not HD) from a computer through the wall and to be honest, it wasn’t [...]

TWiT and why you should be listening

Andrew — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:33:10 +0000

In my last post, I talked at length about how I prepare for my life on the road each fall. I put around 6,000 miles on my little Honda Civic each year, and so I am very concerned with what I will have available for listening. To be honest, I almost never listen to music [...]

Fall travel: 7 survival tips for life on the road

Andrew — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:00:16 +0000

Like many of you, I am getting ready to head out on the road and as I prepare, I wanted to share a few tips on how to get the most out of your time in car and in those hotels. So, here are 7 survival tips as you “road warriors” get after it for [...]

Facebook 3.0 for iPhone/iPod touch: your campus in real-time [nearly]

Andrew — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:44:52 +0000

Confession: I’ve kind of been checking the App Store on my iPhone just a little bit too much lately. The reason? Like many, I am just itching for the latest edition of Facebook (version 3.0 if you’ve been hiding under a rock) to come out. It was submitted to Apple for review last week, and [...]

It’s travel season… again?

Andrew — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:19:31 +0000

So, where did the summer go? I feel as though just yesterday I was sitting with colleagues on the evening of May 1, grateful that another successful recruitment season had come to a close. Now here we are, on the cusp the next recruitment cycle, and I have to say — I’M EXCITED. This year’s incoming [...]

[my] countdown to iPhone 3Gs

Andrew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:42:48 +0000

Most anyone that knows me is aware that there is about one thing on my mind right now: the triumphant return of the iPhone as my cell phone of choice. A little background for you… I was there on the launch day of the original iPhone in June 2007. I had the phone until about November [...]

Another year down! Next one starts… now.

Andrew — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:26:33 +0000

If you’re anything like me, May 2 always feels like the greatest breath of fresh air. You’ve worked hard for the last year, trying to provide the best customer service possible so that your product (the college) can stand as tall as possible. I think what’s most exciting about May 2 is that it means [...]

MACAC wrap-up!

Andrew — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:31:52 +0000

I had a great time both attending and presenting at the annual MACAC conference on April 30, held this year in Grand Rapids at the L.V. Eberhard Center on the campus of Grand Valley State University. A good number of my colleagues attended as well, including Garrett Knoth, who gave a presentation on counselor recommendation [...]

Town Hall for Hope

Andrew — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:54:28 +0000

I don’t usually use Admittedly Dutch as a forum for personal items outside of technology and recruitment for higher ed, but this is something I just have to share with those of you who keep up with this blog. On April 23 at 8 PM, Dave Ramsey is sponsoring an event called “Town Hall for [...]

Where the college fair is headed.

Andrew — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:00:56 +0000

I spent the last week in New York at the NACAC national college fairs in Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse. New to these fairs was a system where students could create a profile online and then generate a custom barcode that could be scanned by a rep if they wanted more information from that particular college. [...]